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WikiAnswers uses a variety of "bots" that aid in editing many questions at once. Because of the volume of questions and answers submitted to the community each day, many questions will not receive attention. These bots were introduced so that WikiAnswers remains in top shape. This list contains bots that are active as well as deactivated bots. See more information in the Related Links.
Active bots- Topicana - helps in categorizing uncategorized questions. This was the first bot introduced.
- UnflaggingStrength - helps in flagging questions with inappropriate answers that meet certain criteria.
- API Birthday - (pronounced 'appy birthday) created by dedicated WikiAnswers contributor Moobler, this bot asks, answers, edits, recategorizes and adds Related links to age, birthdate and death date questions.
- DingoBot - helps fight the good fight against vandalism by flagging certain answers. You can see his mark on answers by the distinctive robot image on flagged questions.
- Answers Publishing Network - The Answers Publishing Network gathers content from a plethora of published and private sources and uses this combined knowledge to add content to WikiAnswers.
- Duke of URL - named by Ganderton, this bot added related links to questions based on key words in the question title. He debuted in June of 2009 and was deactivated later that month based on... complaints.
- Eraser - specialized in deleting questions from the site that do not meet the requirements of the WikiAnswers Stylebook. This bot is currently and permanently retired as of February 8, 2010.
- Rye Catcher - specialized in splitting out alternate questions from the old catch-all questions into the new catch-all categories. This bot is currently and permanently retired as of February 18, 2010.
- Moobot - created by dedicated WikiAnswers contributor Moobler, this bot helps to merge, answer, and edit similar questions that have similar answers. After more than 1 million edits on WikiAnswers, Moobot has retired and is no longer in use as of September 2010.
- IsaBot - the latest bot in the team is a bot created by Answers.com to answer questions and add related links. This bot is currently and permanently retired as of March 26, 2011.
- Litter Bot - like Dingobot, Litter Bot automatically flags questions for improvement. Litter Bot flags low-quality answers, dubbed the "vomit flag," using a sophisticated machine learning model. This bot is currently and permanently retired as of August 23, 2012.
- TrueKnowledge - With content from trueknowledge.com, the TrueKnowledge bot works to answer some of the long-unanswered questions on WikiAnswers. This bot is currently and permanently retired as of December 27, 2011.
- Gale Ency. of Alt Med - Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
- Ency. of US Industries - Encyclopedia of American Industries
- Intnl Dir of Biz Bios - International Directory of Business Biographies
- Gale Ency. of Medicine - Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
- Enc of Biz and Finance - Encyclopedia of Business and Finance, 2nd ed.
- Gale Ency of Neuro Dis - Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
- Gale Ency. of Surgery - Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery: A Guide for Patients and Caregivers
What else can I help you with?
Does WikiAnswers still have automated bots?
Yes, WikiAnswers employs a number of bots. See the related question below for a listing.
Then who are you?
Anyone can answer questions on WikiAnswers. There are no bots here.
Is WikiAnswers a robot answering questions?
Although there are some 'bots' that help out on WikiAnswers, the general population of contributors on WikiAnswers are human.
How can you prevent bots from answering your questions on WikiAnswers with useless pat answers?
You can prevent bots from answering your questions on WikiAnswers with useless pat answers by blocking their IP addresses as soon as you notice them.
Why are there automated bots on WikiAnswers?
Due to the number of questions submitted each day to WikiAnswers, a number will inevitably be neglected. These bots help clean up these questions so they have a better chance of being answered.
Will WikiAnswers use artificial intelligence?
WikiAnswers currently uses bots to help with categorizing questions, correcting the way questions are asked, adding related link and more. These are simple tasks that can be preformed by bots with a good accuracy rating. These bots however can not answer questions nor can they give advice, this is where the contributor comes in to give WikiAnswers the human aspect.
Why do bots randomly target and flag questions on WikiAnswers?
WikiAnswers bots do not randomly target and flag questions; they use an algorithm to determine answers that should be flagged based on a list of inappropriate words. As with humans, bots do make mistakes, so if you come across an unwarranted flag, please remove it.
Is there an undercover Wikianswers supervisor?
Perhaps the bots, they scan & flag anything that needs to be instantly.
Why does WikiAnswers make you enter a reCAPTCHA?
So that computer bots aren't spamming the site.
What are the names for Dr. Eggmans bots?
Cubot and Orbot
Who decides on the name of the bots on WikiAnswers?
Usually, it is the WikiAnswers Staff (the Community Assistants) who decide what the WikiAnswers Bot's name is. However, on rare occasions, there is a voting among the community for the name of the new bot.
Whats the names of ALL the AIM bots?
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